the name of the dangerous fiction commonly referred to as intellectual property joining now from houston texas is stephen can sell a senior fellow at the little von misses institute with over seventeen years patent law experience he taught ip law as an adjunct law professor at south texas college of law and is the author of several books most relatively against intellectual property rights or when the earth was thought to be flat saying it was round seemed silly but now we laugh at people who say that the world is flat i don't know any good if i did i would laugh at them and similarly it has become common knowledge that intellectual property is necessary somehow the government violence is an essential part of creating new ideas but seven disagrees and has spent years in the trenches defeating the silly arguments behind ip they so much for joining us tonight and i can't believe i screw up your name three times already in the course of the sub sewed but something can sell it from houston texas thank you so much for joining us tonight i'm glad to be here adam i'll stand now you've got a lot of ex

>> houston, texas.ston, texas. >> yeah. >> jim: so did i. >> yeah? >> jim: i didn't remember that. wait, we weren't as close as i thought. [ light laughter ] you grew up in houston, texas. >> yes. >> jim: i'm sorry. >> that's okay. >> jim: kay, go on. [ laughter ] >> we didn't know each other in houston, though. >> jim: no, we certainly didn't. >> no. >> jimmy: but she -- yeah, mireille means wonderful. what does jim mean? >> jim: "jim." just "jim. >> jimmy: just "jim." yeah, yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] >> doesn't jim mean "fox"? >> jim: is that true? >> jimmy: yes! >> jim: oh, i love the wonderful fox. >> jimmy: no, i think -- no, i think jimmy means "fox." [ laughter ] >> jim: oh. >> jimmy: jim means "eh kay." [ laughter ] it means "pictionary cheater." >> jim: never. >> jimmy: no, no, no. >> jim: that was a win for the ages. >> jimmy: i'll get you back one time. now, do you go back to houston much? >> yeah, i get back as much as i can. >> jimmy: oh, it's so fun. >> it's a great town and i was just there

not only kept the new history of this, but we understand that bob's grandson, bob burnett from houston, texas, in celebration of his grandfather's run 100 years ago, will also be running in this year's beta breakers race for the first time. wherever you are, we will see you at 7:00 on sunday, and hopefully, you have a fantastic race because it will be one that i think will be a very celebrating race with our new sponsors and all of the volunteers we have. today, i want to present to you a host of people that will be speaking about not only this race but the excitement we have in hosting this wonderful base to continue making it part of the tradition of san francisco -- the fun part of san francisco. what i also want to let you know is that while we have some new rules to share, we are also instilling a number of exciting things that we want to make sure the people who registered and the 100,000 spectators, the 55,000 registrants already experienced just a wonderful event in the city. at the start at 7:00 in the morning. that is what i call golfers time. but it will start a little earlier, but

. >> ♪ >> ir a desayunar en houston, texas se convirtiÓ en una pesadilla para decenas de clientes cuandoÓ fuego contra los agentes, estos respondieron elataque y el joven de 28 aÑos muriÓ en el enfrentamiento. un policÍa resultÓ herido. >> hoy es un dÍa histÓrico para la ciencia espacial estadounidenses. el 5 de mayo de 1961 shepard entrÓ en una cÁpsula para una persona con el fin de hacer un viaje de 15 minutos. mÁs 60 personas se congregaron en el centro espacial kennedy en la florida. >para conmemorar el evento. >> nos babosa mÉxico para conmemorar el aniversario de la batalla de puebla donde el ejÉrcito mexicano venciÓ a los franceses. participaron sectores de la sociedad e incluyendo representantes de las fuerzas armadas en el boulevard cinco de mayo. feliz cinco de mayo. >> una fiesta que se celebra mÁs en estados unidos que en mÉxico.

it happened on saturday in houston, texas. police say it all started at a greyhound bus station when a security guard noticed a gun on 20-year-old jesse brown. that lead to a confrontation and a shootout. investigators say brown wounded two police officers before turning the gun on himself. now it's believed that brown may have been hiding out in texas after the halloween night shooting last year. that's when san francisco police say brown opened fire in a gang related shooting at 25th and connecticut. a toddler and her 52-year-old grandfather were caught in the cross fire. however, both of them survived. >>> a five-day strike by nurses at children's hospital in oakland continues. yesterday one man lashed out at the picket line. >> using sick kids as a bargaining chip. >> jeff conway had angry words for striking nurses. police were called and took statements. no arrests were made. nurses are striking over health care and whether nurses should pay more. >> we get mostly support for everybody and from the community. we heard fro

giffords is back at a rehab center in houston, texas, recovering from surgery last week to replace the portion of her skull that was shattered by a bullet. >>> in salt lake city today, brian mitchell will be sentenced for the kidnapping and rape of elizabeth smart in 2002. mitchell was convicted last year and faces a possible life sentence. smart testified at his trial but he was not in court at the time, so today may be the first time she publicly confronts her abductor. >>> now to the florida murder trial of casey anthony. both sides gave opening statements in the case against the young mother accused of killing her own daughter. then the trial took a startling turn. manuel gallegus reports. >> reporter: casey anthony cried as her attorney dropped a bo bombshell. anthony is accused of of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, caylee, two years ago. but during opening statements her attorney claimed the death was a terrible accident. >> cayleeant knee died june 16th, 2u 2408, when she drowned in her family's swimming pool. >> reporter: defense attorney jose baez says her father george, fo

it happened on saturday in houston, texas.olice say a security guard at a greyhound bus station noticed 20-year-old jessie brune had a gun. that led to a confrontation and shootout by police. investigators say brown ended up wounding two officers before turning the gun on himself. it's believed brown may have been hiding you this texas after the halloween night shooting last year. a. >>> just this morning, we got word that forecasters now say the mississippi river may crest late today in memphis. that's hours earlier than previous forecasts. coming up at 7:45, we'll have a live report from memphis with how people there are dealing with the danger of more flooding. >>> a fee to sell, beer, one and other alcohol in one bay area county is being credited for at drop in crime. right now, any business telling -- selling alcohol in unincorporated alameda county is required to pay a $850 feet. that -- $850 fine. >>> in mountain view today, pg&e crews will conduct water pressure tests on its natural gas pipeline. it's the first set of

. >>> hoy operan a gabrielle gifford en houston texas, para poner una parte de su crÁneo, que removieronmbustible que sobrepasa los 4 # dÓlares por galÓn en muchos lugares. legisladores en new york, illinois new hampshire presionan por el valor de la iniciativa. los gobiernos estatales necesitan el dinero de estos impuestos y algunos conductores opinan que las rebajas impositivas podrÍan ser perjudiciales. recuerde que si quiere recibir la Última informaciÓn en su telÉfono celular, puede enviar la palabra noticias como mensaje de texto al 76225. y conectese con el mundo y su comunidad. continÚamos con mÁs de despierta amÉrica y veremos el clima despuÉs de esto. este segmento de despierta amÉrica es presentado por 0 lif garden aquÍ estÁ en casa. >>> revisamos el tiempo. la primera tormenta en el pacÍfico por lo general se forma alrededor de la primera semana de junio. la temporada del pacÍfico. que formaron 7 tormentas tropicales con nombre. 2 # fueron hubo canso intensos. lo normal son 15,9 # y 4 # respectivamente. el 2011 se espera que se acerquen a los valores normales. la niÑa se estÁ

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the last petition is read by a representative of the archdiocese of galveston, houston, in texas, in of documents written by blessed john paul ii during his pontificate. ♪ ♪ >> you see the beautiful day we have here in rome, the packed street of the plaza. and, now, the gifts will be brought forward, the gifts of bread, and wine, to become the body and blood of jesus christ. the gifts are a reminder that each one of us is to present ourselves, on the altar and make our lives a gift to god. ♪ ♪ it is hard to believe six years has passed since this square of st. peter's was packed for the funeral of pope john paul ii. the be at fix process had been underway for that amount of time and, normally the process for beatification or canonization cannot begin until five years after the death of the person in question. the waiting period is to assure the person had in fact an enduring reputation for sanctity among the faithful. john paul ii waived three years of the five--year waiting period for blessed mother teresa and for benedict waived five years for the blessing of john paul ii. and, you

que ya hicieron su peticiÓn y la suerte pero miren, tenemos la pregunta de una televidente en houston texas aÑos, debo renovar mi residencia me van a preguntar pruebas que justifiquen mi matrimonio con mi esposo. legalmente sigo casada con Él, pero he hecho mi... sola, no sÉ de Él y no tengo nÚmeros telefÓnico ni como contactarlo. no quiero perder mir residencia por favor abogado, ayudeme, ¿que puedo hacer?. >>> excelente pregunta y casos como este abundan fÍjate lo que pasa aqui. tiene que llenar una forma que se llama i 7 # 57 #. la tiene que hacer sola. la i 7 # 51 quita la in condicionalidad de la residencia. si tiene el divorcio ella para meter la forma y muy importante, no le va a ir mal, siempre y cuando pueda demostrar, que cuando se casÓ, que la relacion fue correcta. >>> que fue una relaciÓn por amor y no fue un matrimonio por conveniencia. >>> el hecho que lo haga sola, no le ayuda, pero le ayudara mucho, fotos, recibos testimonios de personas. no tenga miedo haga la forma i 751. la firmara sola, pero por favor, tiene que enviar el divorcio. de lo contrario, migraciÓn no le va a

nuestra propia casa, vecindad >>> quizÁs esta al lado de nosotros y no sabemos quiÉn es, vamos hasta houston texasiÓn, quien me contÓ lo gratificante que es es para ellos salvar vidas de peligrosos incendios y a la vez lo difÍcil del trabajo, porque vencer el miedo al fuego no es fÁcil, pero lo mas complejo cuando ayudan a sus vÍctimas en sÓlo segundos es correr con un ur funiforme que pesa de cien libras. >>> esta chaqueta estÁ hecha con un material especial que nos protege en el incendio hasta mil grados. >>> sus botas estÁn listas y ademÁs el radio telÉfono, su mÁscara y carro porque para ellos no hay tiempo que perder >>> okey laura lo que tenemos aquÍ un tanque de aire, siempre lo confunden con un tanque de oxÍgeno, es incorrecto porque oxÍgeno es un combustible y explota en altas temperaturas >>> ellos trabajan dos semanas seguidas en turnoss variables, para una llamada de emergencia deben pose era fuerza. porque en sÓlo 30 segundos los bomberos estÁn listos para quienes estÁn en peligro yo mele me dura y participÉ de un simulacro, les cuento que no es nada fÁcil. >>> okey laura entrÓ una ll

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host: all of the online, houston, texas. go ahead. wanted to ask about the supreme court decision that makes the idea of pac's a non- entity. the amount of money that now gets into politics will be overwhelming as compared to what pac's could use to influence elections. guest: the citizens united decision made the laments seem almost quaint to some given that corporations, unions, groups with deep pockets can now get into the fray and influence the vote. however, there is still lead despite the very big difference between pacs and super pac's. corporations and unions, so far, are not allowed to contribute directly to the candidate. money in their pocket is very influential and, in many ways, very powerful than money that is spent in ways that they do not even approve of. contributions can go directly to the candidate and the super pac's contributions may not. a virginia district court judges said that, in his opinion, the citizens united decision means that corporations should, in fact, be able to contribute directly to candidates. ho

first one is from houston, texas for our guest. caller: good morning. first of all, the gentleman is on right now is from the "wall street journal" which is a division of news corps which is a division of fox news. so i take everything he says with a grain of salt. and also, two of the judges he keeps going on and on about the judges who declared the law to be constitutional were democrats. two of the judges who have declared the law were unconstitutional were republicans of course. and one of the judges there was a direct conflict of interest because he has a vested interest in one of the insurance companies. he keeps going on and on about the mandate, it's unconstitutional. there's also a mandate in the ryan bill. i've never heard anybody talk about that. but the same law they're trying to overturn with the obama health care. and also the tea partiers who were so against the government inclusion have lobbyists on their staff. that was the first thing they did is hire lob wrists from different industries the guide them in how to legislate different thi

next up in houston texas. erik on the line for republicans.'re on the "washington journal". >> good morning. and thanks for c-span. >> hose to reform the budget situation. republicans or democrat? >> republicans. and by very thin margin i should say. i think congressman's budget is moving in the right direction. i must be frank saying some of the comments said this morning about the crisis are in fur rating. very emotional. talking about the talking points by the last, look at facts. the first thing is, when it comes to our unfunded liabilities. mandated liabilities. thinking about entitlements. we have a liability of $100 trillion. dollars. the economy is only $17 trillion. you can't pay for what's coming down the pipe in entitlements and you have those screaming at the top of the lungs don't touch my social security and medicare and medicaid. folks from it's inception. it was a false premise. it doesn't work. >> so erik with all of that on the line who is in the best position to mix and fix this? >> i think congressman ryan's budget is a ste

let's go to joseph in houston, texas. caller: i like to ask about a conference that the speaker put on atu.t. law school if years back. i was wondering why is it a problem for army lawyers to attend a legal conference when they are not in uniform? it is a civilian conference. i am an army officer and i regularly attend these causes and i don't wear my uniform. i only where it went is a military-sponsored conference. i was wondering why there is a concern about that. host: that is too specific for our conversation. caller: good morning. she was talking about due process of law. the due process of law is like almost a slap in the face because child-support and marxist loss and there are laws against men in this country and men don't have no rights when it comes to child support. we also must start bringing back on the forefront and set the precedent as far as child- support. is the feminist movement -- host: we will leave it there. part of the operation involves resolving these cases. what is being done as far as our reach?

host: houston, texas. george, republican.r: i could not agree more with this gentleman about reviewing our policies with pakistan. i think part of the problem with the united states is that we have that a failure to recognize that you are not really dealing with a state, you are dealing with a collection of tribes that were left in power by the british empire as it pulled out. you have to the critics that the

host: houston, texas. caller: prais the the lord. a member of the rotc army national guard all the way through high school. i love it. i loved it. then i went in late as a chaplain in the army. jesus christ would not be a republican, you conservatives. host: vice-president by downplaying deal maker this week. -- vice president biden playing dealmaker. there are now talking about something more ambitious. all this wheeling and dealing has something in common, vice- president biden, emerging as the deal maker-in-chief. that is in "the usa today." the front page of "the new york times," has the housing story today. next to that is a story about medicare. medicare plan for payments irks hospitals. from michigan, independent scholar. caller: concerning the housing problem, a lot of homes are on the market at a very cheap price, but the cities and townships who but the taxes on the houses, they do not recognize that these are going down. they still have the same tax on home today as they did 10 years ago. they will not lower the price of t

host: houston, texas, independent. you are next. caller: i think, yes, he should go ahead and release the photos. apparently they had cleaned the body up. it is not that gruesome. it is just a shot on his body, a shot in his eye, i guess. after cleaning the body out, they should have just gone ahead and release of the pictures. i halike obama, seriously, but i had high hopes. by now he is having to prove themselves because there are so many, i guess, questionable things that is going on with them and how he releases a lot of information. seeing on both sides, i can understand, you know, the public's way of doinviewing. it is not looking good for him. i think he did this for the reelection, and i guess to take a public's due out of his birth certificate. i don't even believe it is serious. i really don't. host: stan, a democrat in new york. caller: as a taxpaying citizen in this country, someone who almost lost a family member on 9/11, i demand that they not only get these photographs together, but the videotapes, and they go back to

we've heard announcements from seattle and miami, florida, nothing for houston, texas. i also need to have a status report -- i'd like your answer on this -- on the question of the harris county jail. you issued a report that there were constitutional violationsment the question is, what has been the oversight of the department of justice and have they completed? i also want to ask the question -- i'd ask an additional 30 seconds so you can answer this -- the issue of the continental united merger that finished. i would like to thank your assistant attorney general for antitrust for a very open discussion. i would like to know whether there's a follow-up, whether we need to strengthen the clayton act for the justice department because we frankly feel there's no oversight. could you answer the question about the brutality case, excessive force and why there's not been a response including that in the police brutality case and then the status of the harris county jail. >> we'll try to get you answers. i might ask you about a budgetary increase given the nature of the thin

first one is from houston, texas for our guest. caller: good morning. first of all, the gentleman is on right now is from the "wall street journal" which is a division of news corps which is a division of fox news. so i take everything he says with a grain of salt. and also, two of the judges he keeps going on and on about the judges who declared the law to be constitutional were democrats. two of the judges who have declared the law were unconstitutional were republicans of course. and one of the judges there was a direct conflict of interest because he has a vested interest in one of the insurance companies. he keeps going on and on about the mandate, it's unconstitutional. there's also a mandate in the ryan bill. i've never heard anybody talk about that. but the same law they're trying to overturn with the obama health care. and also the tea partiers who were so against the government inclusion have lobbyists on their staff. that was the first thing they did is hire lob wrists from different industries the guide them in how to legislate different thi

host: houston, texas. george, republican.caller: i could not agree more with this gentleman about reviewing our policies with pakistan. i think part of the problem with the united states is that we have that a failure to recognize that you are not really dealing with a state, you are dealing with a collection of tribes that were left in power by the british empire as it pulled out. you have to the critics that the same situation in india, -- you have to a great extent the same situation in india and any number places, even malaysia, which was in the same situation. we really need to repeat what we're doing in terms of the amount of funds and things we are pumping into these countries, because a lot of lives and treasure are being wasted. we have to be focused on a lot of -- host: let us get a quick response. guest: george, you touch on is something really important, which is that we tend to treat them as unitary actors, that the president speaks for all pakistan. we know that is not true for the united states, but it is more

host: houston, texas, on our independent line. matt? caller: children and old people -- if not, children should be treated like everybody else, too. guest: again, there are some tsa folks and members of congress that would agree, that somebody could put something on a child and try to get them through a security checkpoint. that is why security folks would say -- that is why you have these high-profile cases where children have been searched. host: two more numbers. of 0.4 million for maintaining the enhance watch list. -- 12.4000004 maintain the enhance watch list. guest: tsa turns to the national counter-terrorism center. they basically maintain a big terrorist database where the terrorists were suspected terrorists are people with terrorist links are classified in there. it is down for tsa in two ways. no-fat -- restric strict one, the strict no-fly list. they look at the no-fly list and they say you cannot possibly fly. they might not be overtly involved in terrorist activity, but there might be a piece of intelligence that leads yo

from houston, texas, helen evans is 100. a published writer.m hays, kansas, have been married 75 years. they met as college students many years ago. they have been sweethearts ever since. that's all from florida at this time. >> all right, willard. thank you very much. when we come back, shania twain will join us. she'll open up about a public divorce and walking away from fame at what seemed the peak of her career. first, this is "today" on nbc. [ male announcer ] it was forged from the fires of imagination. sculpted by an unyielding passion for design. ♪ and tempered by 125 years of legendary performance. introducing the all-new 2012 cls from mercedes-benz. where the world's greatest automobiles take shape. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. where the world's greatest automobiles take shape. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> we are back. shania twain

houston, texas, local, too. partly sunny. hot. 92 degrees.you look on the radar, strong storms now firing up through the upper ohio river valley. going to be moving later on into new england. we've got wet weather through the plains. plenty of sunshine through the southwest. along the east coast, it is going to be hot. >>> good morning. they're cheering for our better weather today. we've got a lot of sunshine out there already and our temps are warming up nicely now. 46 degrees in novato. in the heat of the day, typically about 4:00 p.m., 68 degrees in redwood city. and 71 degrees in los gatos. we have a little bit of change on the way for tomorrow. we'll see a little bit more cloud cover come through. maybe mostly cloudy conditions up in the north bay. then we'll jump up to 74 memorial day. >> who is this? >> this is liza. >> liza is 6 months. >> she's beautiful. thanks for coming. thanks for sharing that. now let's head back to ann. >> all right, al. thank you so much. on the top of the babies, the question this morning is it a boy or a gi

the next person testifying is associate professor of law of south texas, houston, texas. retired lieutenant colonel, served with u.s. army's judge advocate general corps, prior to his retirement he served as a special assistant to u.s. army judge advocate general for law for war matters, and was the senior law expert. also served as a chief of international law and of the u.s. army in europe, chief prosecutor for the 101st airborne division. and professor of international, national security u.s. army judge advocate general school. been extensively published on national security law, law of armed conflict, professor corkum received his law degree from george washington university school of law, judge advocate general school, professor got it's good to have you come and thank you for coming. wonderful statement in the record but please go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and members of the committee, for offering the opportunity to share my perspective of the importance of enacting the civilian extraterritorial jurisdiction act. as a soldier in a military staff officer i

we've heard aouncements from seattle and miami, florida, nothing for houston, texas. i also need to have a status report -- i'd like your answer on this -- on the question of the harris county jail. you issued a report that there were constitutional violationsment the question is, what has been the oversight of the department of justice and have they completed? i also want to ask the question -- i'd ask an additional 30 seconds so you can answer this -- the issue of the continental united merger that finished. i would like to thank your assistant atrney general f antitrust for a very open discussion. i would like to know whether there's a follow-up, whether we need to strengthen the clayton act for the justice department because werankly feel there's no oversight. could you answer the question about the brutality case, excessive force and why there's not been a response including that in the police brutality case and then the status of the harris county jail. >> we'll try to get you answers. i might ask you about a budgetary increase given the nature of the things you

it's mary from houston, texas on the democrats line. go ahead, mary. >> yes.thing about the foreign policy, we're having all this war, how can he stop -- coming to the united states to bomb us up? don't forget 9/11 how they came in here and blow up wall street downtown in new york? we do not need him for no president because he don't even know how to take care of a foreign country at all. and obama has done a great job. we had two republic presidents there. neither one of them got hold of bin laden. when he got hold of the chair, he did what he did. >> and mary, talking about foreign policy, just want to let you know we will be hearing from possible g.o.p. candidates, potential candidate, former u.s. ambassador to china, john huntsman and he's also the former utah gordon. he will be the focus of the white house at 4:30 eastern at franklin, new hampshire. tomorrow at 4:30. going to move on now to kansas city, missouri. shawn on the independence line. what do you think of herman cain? >> well, i think herman cain should be running president of the comedy central

my husband may be getting transferred to houston, texas.houston. we want to know the best school for our kids, the most house for our buck and wonder if you can make recommendations on the most kid friendly areas. >> is there a dog in there? >> yes. sorry about that. >> i wasn't sure if it was you, my stomach. >> you need a place that likes dogs, too. but that goes along with kids, so no problem. i'm sure you have discovered already the website greatschools.org, the best one out there. it rates every grammar school, primary school, high school in america on a scale of 1 to 10. i did that research leading with the schools first because obviously kids come first. the two towns i picked is cady which is close to where your husband will be working. they get a great report card. every school is 7 to 10. it's a small, growing town. you get a three bedroom, two bath home for $119,000. a great way to stretch your dollars. in woodland, texas, it's larger like a "leave it to beaver" town. great school districts. probably seven in total. the houses se

. >> houston, texas. >> michigan. >> dan yil wilton from florida. >> corporal walker from washington, the countriment we're tracking the heat. 90 degrees in new york city. rain moving out. 92 in washington, d.c. we're looking at low 90s in the southeast as well. heat advisories in effect for the northeast as well as some air quality concerns for new jersey. strong and severe storms moving through the midwest. isolated tornadoes not out of the question. fargo and twin cities later on today. >>> good morning to you. taking a live look from san bruno, you can see the camera kind of bouncing around. we have breezy conditions out there. looking to a mild day. breezy conditions all day long and because of those winds we haven't had a lot of fog formation this morning and sunshine even on the peninsula this morning. 54 in san francisco. 57 degrees in concord. heading towards the 70s inland. more mild towards the coast. 65 in san francisco today. rain moves in tonight and into tomorrow. honey nut cheerios. serving than wow! delicious! try honey bunches of oats with almonds! creme body wash wi

we've heard announcements from seattle and miami, florida, nothing for houston, texas. i also need to have a status report -- i'd like your answer on this -- on the question of the harris county jail. you issued a report that there were constitutional violationsment the question is, what has been the oversight of the department of justice and have they completed? i also want to ask the question -- i'd ask an additional 30 seconds so you can answer this -- the issue of the continental united merger that finished. i would like to thank your assistant attorney general for antitrust for a very open discussion. i would like to know whether there's a follow-up, whether we need to strengthen the clayton act for the justice department because we frankly feel there's no oversight. could you answer the question about the brutality case, excessive force and why there's not been a response including that in the police brutality case and then the status of the harris county jail. >> we'll try to get you answers. i might ask you about a budgetary increase given the nature of the thin

program and refused to allow a shuttle to be on display permanently in the nasa space center in houston, also texas was again snubbed there with the 2.3 million acres being burned, snubbed without any assistance or declaration of a federal disaster area. and we know the president did have a rather nice fundraiser in austin during which probably hundreds of thousands of dollars were sucked out of texas due to the president's fundraising, and then headed to el paso, and i have to say much of the president's speech in el paso was very good. it was unifying. coming from a man who said he was a uniter not a divider. but then toward the end of the speech gloves came off and things that were said that were not true. the president said, and i know they weren't lies because a lie requires intent to deceive on the part of the speaker, and i'm sure the president would not ever want to do that. but he did state things that were not true. and they need to be addressed. the president said the fence is basically finished. the fence on our border is basically finished. actually our border is nearly 2,000 acres --

all the way down past shreveport, there's dallas, texas and austin and houston with all these thunderstorms. the widespread manner of this is -- that might have been 2,000 miles from buffalo to austin, at least 2,000 miles even to fly there. i've never seen weather this spread out all week long. anderson? >> incredible. chad, appreciate it. >>> still ahead, the search to have dee ann hayward. she was on her way to pick up food when h tornado struck. >>> plus, a family that barely made it in their safe room in time last night. the video shows them running to reach their safe room to save themselves. they had to leave their beloved pet behind. what happened later is unbelievable. we'll show it to you ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best

all the way down past shreveport, there's dallas, texas and austin and houston with all these thunderstorms. you're going to get some hail and some winds. the widespread manner of this is -- that might have been 2,000 miles from buffalo to austin, at least 2,000 miles even to fly there. i've never seen weather this spread out all week long. anderson? >> incredible. chad, appreciate it. >>> still ahead, the search to have dee ann hayward. she was on her way to pick up food when the tornado struck. her kids join me ahead. >>> plus, a family that barely made it in their safe room in time last night. the video shows them running to reach their safe room to save themselves. they had to leave their beloved pet behind. what happened later is unbelievable. we'll show it to you ahead. a lot of times, things are right underneath our feet, and all we need to do is change the way we're thinking about them. a couple decades ago, we didn't even realize just how much natural gas was trapped in rocks thousands of feet below us. technology has made it possible to safely unlock this cleanly burning natural g

texas. the king of the wild front tear was in a foot race against houston and bowie.ey crockett headed to vic tri lane. willingham headed to deep left. willingham, appealing a one game suspension and playing tonight to help start the season. 6-0 not just getting murphy swinging but forcing him to swing his bat. willingham adds more in the 8th driving in five runs on the in the a's win. coupled with an angels loss, oakland is a game out of first place. game six between the sharks and red wings is tomorrow. they left for detroit while addressing harsh criticism from a former teeth teammate in the post game. roenick said that marlo played with a lack of heart. he said it was a gutless performance. he said it twiechls the comments addressed today. >> things that are said -- i mean there's nothing i can do about it. people are going to say things. i'm going to go back to what say i said. i can control how i play games. >> we all need to be better and he is huge part of the team and hopefully the next game will be his best. >> sharks will face the winner of tonight's game i

texas is in extreme or exceptional drought. lubbock less than an inch of rain this year. houstonr an inch and a half in three months, about the same as the sahara desert. wild fires are ravaging the landscape, scorching 2.3 million acres since january. to make matters worse this, is typically the texas rainy season. >> we should see rainfall. if we don't in the next few months, the impact will be devastating. >> for cotton dietrich and thousands of ranchers across texas, the only choice is sell their herds or go broke trying to feed them. >> after a while, you laugh at it, you can't cry. the drought in cattle company could be short term benefit to consumers. beef prices have been running near record highs but with ranchers now being forced to sell off their herds, the price of beef is expected to drop. all right, auction prices in texas have fallen 15 cents from 80 to 65 cents per pound and could continue down through summer. but with the u.s. cattle population already at a 50-year low, lower prices won't last. >> we'll be certainly looking at higher beef prices in the future, si

houston that's connected to san francisco. a man wanted by sfpd is dead after a two-hour standoff in texas. 20-year-old jesse brown injured two police officers before killing himself during a shootout that began at a downtown houston bus station over the weekend. they say he may have been on the run since a gang-related shooting that injured three people in san francisco last halloween, which included a 3-year-old girl. brown was on his way to georgia when he exchanged gunfire with officers after a greyhound ticket agent saw his handgun in his baggage. >>> in south san francisco our nbc helicopter working this scene. a s.w.a.t. team responding today to a situation at a home near miller and orange avenues right off 280. neighbors tell us the s.w.a.t. team was in full gear and a sniper positioned himself on a nearby rooftop. witnesses also say two people were taken into custody and another person was taken away by ambulance. >>> pg&e is now conducting the first hydro static tests on more than 150 miles of natural gas pipeline across the bay area. first up, a gas transmission line in mountain view. the mile and a half section of

texas to iowa. hail, gusty winds and rain in des moines, st. louis, little rock, dallas and houston. thunderstorms from minneapolis to memphis. afternoon showers from the carolinas to miami. mountain snow in the northern rockies and cascades and rain in the pacific northwest. >> another 57-degree day in seattle. 75 in boise. 91 in phoenix. mostly 80s from dallas to detroit. 71 here in new york. 90 in atlanta. and 87 in new orleans. >>> coming up after the break, is site safe? new tests from the seafood from the gulf of mexico. >>> and the rapper at the white house, with prototy last night. drawing extreme criticism this morning. the first lady under fire. >>> and we now know what will happen to that world-famous hat. >> oh, dear. >> oh, man. >>> the government says that we are not driving as much because of high gasoline prices. gas consumption fell 2.5% last week. and that caused gas futures to fall 8%. although, there's not much change yet at the pump. >>> oil prices are up this morning overseas, where tokyo's nikkei average lost 1.5% today. hong kong's hang seng is about down the

wounded congresswoman, gabrielle giffords is back at a rehab hospital in houston after having surgery at another hospital in texasas you know, last week, doctors implanted a synthetic replacement for part of her skull. they also gave her a permanent shunt to relieve any fluid buildup in her brain. she was shot in the head during that rampage in tucson and part of her skull actually had to be removed. >>> at least eight people are dead after several tornadoes swept through arizona. this is video from canton, oklahoma where a tornado hit yesterday afternoon. so far no fatalities have been reported in the area, but city workers are reporting numerous natural gas los angeles and searchers are being called in to make sure no one is -- gas leaks and searchers are being called in to make sure no one is in there. >>> good morning, tori. the people here m joplin, missouri feel like they dodged a bullet last night. you mentioned all of the bad weather and the tornadoes that, once again, hit the heartland of america but the forms dodged joplin despite the fact that the sirens wailed. but because the storms dodged this area,

francisco shot it out today with police in texas. 20-year-old jesse brown pulled a gun when he was stopped trying to board a gray greyhound because in houston -- bus in houston. he then ran to a parking garage. police heard a single gunshot and found brown dead with a gunshot wound to the head. they believe he was on the run since a halloween shooting at this this potrero hill apartment last year. three people were shot during the incident including a three-year-old boy who was hit in the leg. >>> tonight the pressure is being turned up on pakistan. the questions that are -- that most people are asking is how could pakistan not have known that osama bin laden was hiding in plain sight. even president obama is raising questions. and now a new add -- admission from pakistan. larry jacobs reports. >> it was the strongest statement from the pakistani government since the raid that osama bin laden had help from inside the pakistani establishment. sunday a senior pakistani official told abc news elements of pakistanien tell inteligence probably rogue or retired were involved in aiding, abetting and sheltering the he hader of al-qaeda. they have n

texas is in extreme or exceptional drought. lubbock has had less than an inch of rain this year, houston has had just over an inch and a half in three month, about the same as the sahara desert. wildfires are scorching more than 2.3 million acres since january. to make matters worse, this is typically the texas rainy season. >> we should be seeing rainfall. if we don't get the rainfall these next few months the impacts could be devastating. >> reporter: for cotton deitrich and thousands of ranchers across texas, the only choice is to sell their herds or go broke trying to feed them. >> after a while you just laugh at it to keep from crying. >> reporter: the drought in cattle company could actually bring a short-term benefit to consumers. beef prices have been running here at record highs but with ranchers now being forced to sell off their herds, the price of beef is expected to drop. already auction prices in texas have fallen 15 cents from 80 to 65 cents per pound and could continue down through summer. but the u.s. cattle population already at a 50-year low, lower prices won't last. >> we'll be certainly looking at higher b